Lucky 7 Casino

We pulled in because we saw it on this website and we just drove almost 150 miles down the 101 and was tired. We saw signage that was very confusing, you have to go to the very back of the parking lot and there are 8 RV parking spaces. Again very small and tight, very small casino and it just didn't feel right so we left and drove southbound to Elk valley casino and that was worse.

The RV parking area is behind the casino. Take North Indian Road, and turn in after the covered parking lanes. Go to the security office in the casino to register.

This was a convenient location for visiting Crescent City and the southern Oregon coast, but I would not recommend it because of all the traffic and noise in the lot. I was not comfortable with the local people, who from all their noise and door-slamming had probably been drinking, backing out of their parking spots towards my trailer late at night, and with all the traffic passing through the lot, often at speed just 10 ft from the trailer. On top of that, dump trucks used the lot to drop off and pick up trailers, doing a 180 around my trailer as they came in.

Verizon 4G was 2 bars, -110 dB, 9 Mbps down and 2 up.

With stays at the casinos at Loleta, Blue Lake, Trinidad and here, I got a total of 11 nights along the northern California coast for only $31

A definite do-again place. And free is always good. We checked in with security as recommended and they were pretty casual about the whole arrangement. They said to park anywhere we wanted in the RV area and we could stay up to 3 days. Nice! No hassle whatsoever. The parking area is paved but not quite level so be prepared to sleep at an angle or bring levelers. It is a parking lot for the casino so expect to have vehicles coming and going periodically but not a bother at all for us.

The pictures above are no longer accurate. The rv parking is now behind the casino. Previously they had a rv parking lot behind the gas station.

Semi level asphalt lot with about 8 pull throughs. Went inside and the cashier said no need to check in if only here for a few nights. She made it sound like you could stay for a week. Few small trash cans spread throughout the lot.

Security walks through the often and cameras are everywhere.

Inside the casino has a fountain machine and coffee which are free. There is also a sports bar and restaurant. The gas station across the street has the cheapest gas we have seen in Cali this year. (We have been here 3 months so far)

The access to the parking is right off 101, just follow the signs to the rv parking. It will be on your right behind the casino.

After having been on the road for fifteen months I like to think that my tolerance for sketchy behavior is above average, but even I was questioning my sanity after settling into the Lucky 7 Casino. It's the kind of place where I went to sleep feeling lucky that it's hard to siphon gas out of my tank.

First, the good. The casino itself looks nice. Located on Route 101 in Smith River, the building is newer, the grounds are tidy, and the parking lot freshly paved. The RV section, in the back, is within spitting distance to a casino entrance. There are a handful off large pull-through parking spaces with regular sized spots around the edges. The location is convenient when traveling the coast, and is only minutes to the Oregon border.

But, there's some bad. I had one of the newest campers there when I stayed, which is saying something, because I travel in a 1991 camper van. Most campers were in frankly concerning states of repair, and I'm impressed that some of them even moved. There was a lot of "hanging out" by the camping area by people who came out of those campers, and by people who just appeared. One parked vehicle was completely covered in a tarp which made me think it never moved, until folks started coming in and out of it.

I never saw any security, and dogs ran free through the parking lot. The spaces around the edges, which I used because my van is so small that I didn't want to take up an RV space, are un-level side to side and front to back. Around 11:00p.m. what sounded like a semi pulled into the lot. I looked out my window to see a fully loaded logging truck trying to squeeze into the busy RV lot and park in an RV space. It made it, but came within inches of rigs.

If you're looking for a place to spend the night, give it a swing through. Maybe the clientele will be different on a different night. But, if you don't have a tolerance for sketchiness, be sure to have a backup plan in place.